86R9241 AJZ-D
By: Zwiener H.B. No. 2678
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the compilation and reporting of statistics involving
sexual assault victims who receive a forensic medical examination
before reporting the assault to law enforcement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 56, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended by adding Article 56.0651 to read as follows:
Art. 56.0651. DELAYED REPORTING BY SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS;
COMPILATION OF STATISTICS. (a) In this article, "department"
means the Department of Public Safety.
(b) The department shall compile and maintain statistics on
the number of victims of sexual assault in each calendar year who
have reported the sexual assault to a law enforcement agency after
receiving a forensic medical examination under Article 56.065,
regardless of the year in which that examination was performed.
Statistics compiled and maintained under this subsection may not
include identifying information of a victim.
(c) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year,
the department shall:
(1) report the statistics compiled by the department
under Subsection (b) to the standing committees of the house of
representatives and senate with primary jurisdiction over criminal
justice issues; and
(2) post the statistics compiled by the department
under Subsection (b) on the department's Internet website.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.